Dementia

Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the (a) cost effectiveness and (b) effectiveness in comparison with anti-psychotic medication of the use of cognitive stimulation therapy for the treatment of dementia; and if he will make a statement.

Norman Lamb: We have not made any assessment of. cognitive stimulation therapy. Guidance on treatments and therapies are issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). In its guidance on dementia, supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care (2006), NICE identified cognitive stimulation as an area where more research is needed. Cognitive Stimulation Therapy is one of a number of treatments and therapies available for dementia. Clinicians can, and do, decide which course of treatment to prescribe to individual patients with dementia, based on each individual's specific needs.
	Antipsychotic drugs should only be prescribed for people with dementia when appropriate and when other non-pharmacological treatments have been considered. The national audit of antipsychotic prescribing for people with dementia (published in July 2012) showed a 52% reduction in the level of prescribing.

Domestic Violence

Stella Creasy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many admissions to hospitals in England and Wales related to incidents of domestic violence and abuse in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12;
	(2)  whether clinical commissioning groups have a responsibility to deliver improvements in the recognition of, and response to, victims of domestic violence and abuse;
	(3)  what funding is provided by his Department for (a) staff, (b) training and (c) resources to deliver strategies to improve recognition and response to victims of domestic violence and abuse by healthcare providers.

Anna Soubry: Information on domestic violence is not collected centrally. We are unable to reply for Wales as health is a devolved matter.
	Victims of domestic abuse use a variety of national health service services such as general practitioner surgeries and walk-in clinics in primary care as well as accident and emergency departments for treatment of an injury. They do not always disclose to these services that an injury occurred because of domestic abuse.
	As members of Health and Wellbeing Boards, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are responsible for developing and implementing improvements for victims of domestic violence and abuse as part of their commissioning plans, based on local need. CCGs will agree priorities with their local partners which will be reflected in joint health and wellbeing strategies, based on joint strategic need assessments. CCGs will have due regard for, and seek to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty to reduce health inequalities. The Public Sector Duty in the Equality Act 2010 means CCGs will be responsible for assessing the equality implications of their work on people with protected characteristics, which includes the sex of a person. NHS England will assess how well CCGs achieve their commissioning plans in relation to these duties.
	Information regarding funding provided by the Department to improve recognition and response to victims of violence is not held centrally. On 1 April 2013, Health Education England (HEE) assumed a key role as the new leadership organisation responsible for ensuring that education, training, and workforce development drives the highest quality public health and patient outcomes. HEE will oversee strategic planning and development of the health and public health workforce, and allocate education and training resources. This is set out in ‘Liberating the NHS: Developing the Healthcare Workforce from Design to Delivery’, a copy of which has already been placed in the Library and is available by visiting:
	www.gov.uk
	and searching the document title in the publication section.

General Medical Council

Stephen Barclay: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the High Court ruling on Cohen v General Medical Council in 2008, what progress his Department is making in reviewing the General Medical Council's fitness to practice procedures.

Daniel Poulter: The Department is aware of the Cohen case. The Department has not carried out a formal review as a direct result of the case, but the following work in relation to the General Medical Council's fitness to practise procedures is being undertaken.
	The Department has commissioned a review of the regulation of health care professionals, by the Law Commission. This programme of work will advise on legislation to modernise the legal framework under which the regulatory bodies operate, and provide flexibility to allow them to discharge their statutory duties efficiently. The Commission has considered relevant case law and the test for impairment of fitness to practise within this. The Law Commission's findings and recommendations are expected to be finalised in early 2014.
	In addition, the General Medical Council has consulted on proposals to improve and modernise its fitness to practise adjudication processes, to enhance the independence of adjudication while continuing to protect patients and the public. The Department is currently working with the General Medical Council towards draft legislation for consultation to facilitate changes to achieve these objectives. Relevant case law will also be taken into account within this work.

Housing: Disability

David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the estimated cost to the NHS was of adapting the homes of people who have difficulties with mobility in the last five years.

Norman Lamb: Most housing adaptations are funded by local authorities and not the national health service, therefore information on the cost to the NHS is not collected centrally.
	The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), which is administered by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and distributed by local authorities (LA), helps people to remain independent in their own homes by providing extra support, devices and adaptations. Adaptations could range from stair lifts and grab rails through to substantial reconfigurations to make homes more accessible. In recognition of the impact of suitable housing on individual wellbeing, the Department of Heath topped up the DFG by £40 in 2012-13. This was in addition to the £745 million already announced for 2010-11 to 2014-15, bringing the total to £785 million.
	Central Government funding and local authority contributions for the DFG since 2008-09 are shown in the following table.
	
		
			 £ million 
			  2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Total 
			 DFG (DCLG) 146 157 167 200 670 
			 LA contribution 131 139 137 97 504

Social Services

Gareth Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) registered managers and (b) employees of Care Quality Commissioned-registered companies have been served official warning notices in each of the last five years; and how many such people have received later warnings or a dismissal.

Norman Lamb: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England.
	The CQC has regulatory powers in relation to providers of regulated activities and registered managers. Other than registered managers, it does not have any powers in relation to individual employees of registered providers, but is required to work with other bodies if it has concerns about their competence.
	The CQC has provided the following information.
	The CQC is unable to provide the information in the format requested because its recording system currently does not distinguish between warning notices that are served to providers and those that are provided to registered managers. A manual search of the records would incur disproportionate cost.
	The total number of warning notices that the CQC has issued under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 is shown in the following table:
	
		
			  Warning notices 
			 2010-11 17 
			 2011-12 634 
			 2012-13 1,178 
			 Total 1,829 
		
	
	Six providers have been served with enforcement measures, excluding warning notices, after being served a warning notice for a particular outcome. These measures included one cancellation of registration and five notices of proposal to impose conditions on the providers' registration to provide services.

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if any of the 60 individuals named on the list published by the Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe, individuals involved in the tax fraud against Hermitage and the torture and death of Sergei Magnitsky, published in June 2012 have visited the UK in the last year; and if she will disclose the details of any such visits.

Mark Harper: It is long-standing policy not to disclose details of records which may be held in relation to arrivals in the United Kingdom. The Home Office Special Cases Directorate is already aware of the individuals on the list and has taken the necessary measures to prevent them being issued visas for travel to the UK.

Immigration

Chris Bryant: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who will sit on the strategic oversight board overseeing all immigration commands alongside her Department's Permanent Secretary.

Mark Harper: holding answer 17 April 2013
	We are creating a strategic oversight board for all the constituent parts of the immigration system which will be chaired by the Home Office permanent secretary. Membership will include representatives from the new UK Visas and Immigration and Immigration Enforcement and also from Border Force, immigration policy, the Identity and Passport Service, operational systems management, and finance and corporate services group.

Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Scheme

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inspections of the accommodation provided for workers on the seasonal agricultural workers scheme took place in 2012.

Mark Harper: In 2012, the Home Office undertook 64 inspections of Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) farms with accommodation. The Home Office's monitoring of operators includes visiting farms that employ SAWS workers to monitor work and accommodation conditions.
	Employers must provide accommodation for workers under SAWS but workers do not have to accept it and can find their own accommodation if they choose to do so.

Burma

Paul Blomfield: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has discussed with his Burmese counterpart the issue of withdrawal by the Burmese Army from ethnic states of Burma.

Hugo Swire: We continue to emphasise to all sides involved in Burma's ethnic conflicts that only comprehensive political negotiation will lead to a sustainable peace across Burma. The role of the military in that process is an important part of those discussions. We acknowledge the progress the Burmese Government has made in signing 10 ceasefire agreements with ethnic armed groups. We continue to encourage the Burmese authorities and the Kachin Independence Organisation to move towards securing the last outstanding ceasefire agreement in Kachin State.
	As part of our support to the peace process, we are working with experts with experience of inter-communal trust- and peace-building in Northern Ireland to support the peace process in Burma and to encourage Burma's own reconciliation efforts. The Senior Minister of State, my noble Friend the right hon. Baroness Warsi, met with a delegation of Burmese Ministers, including the lead negotiator for the peace process for the Government, Aung Min, on 15 April to discuss the peace process and how the UK can best support it.

Fossil Fuels: Subsidies

Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to discuss fossil fuel subsidy reform at (a) G8 and (b) G20 meetings in 2013.

Sajid Javid: I have been asked to reply 
	on behalf of the Treasury.
	The UK continues to support global efforts to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. G20 Finance Ministers reaffirmed their long-standing commitment to phase out ‘inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption’ at the February 2013 Finance Ministers' meeting. This work is currently being taken forward at expert level through theG20 Energy Sustainability working group, which will feed back on progress to Ministers.

Sri Lanka

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the BBC World Service's decision to suspend broadcasts in Sri Lanka; and what discussions he has had with the government of Sri Lanka about interference with that service.

Alistair Burt: The British Government is aware of the BBC's decision to suspend broadcasts on the Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). According to the BBC statement made on 26 March, this decision followed
	'continued interruption and interference of BBC Tamil programming on SLBC'.
	We are concerned at reports of interference with programming, and consider the provision of impartial news to be very important as do many people who listened to the service.
	We continue to have serious concerns about human rights in Sri Lanka, including in regards to freedom of opinion and expression, and in light of recent attacks on a number of journalists. During Sri Lanka's Universal Periodic Review in November 2012, we recommended that Sri Lanka should ensure that
	'all citizens are able to freely express their opinions and beliefs without fear of reprisal or retribution, and to invite the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression to visit'.
	The recommendation was rejected by the Sri Lankan Government.
	Officials at our high commission in Colombo regularly make representations to the Sri Lankan Government about our human rights concerns in Sri Lanka, including on freedom of expression. The UK co-sponsored the Sri Lanka resolution passed in the Human Rights Council on 21 March, and we welcome its adoption with the support of a majority of Council members. We look to the Sri Lankan Government to implement the recommendations contained in the resolution and comply with their obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, which include the protection of the safety of journalists.

Tibet

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the government of China regarding self-immolations in Tibet; and what reports he has received on the criminalisation of self-immolations and the arrest of relatives and friends on charges of incitement.

Hugo Swire: We regularly raise our concerns about self-immolations in Tibet with the Chinese authorities.
	I made a statement on 17 December 2012 where I urged both sides to exercise restraint and called for the resumption of meaningful dialogue:
	http://tinyurl.com/amc4gjw
	The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), responded to a question in the House of Commons on 5 March 2013, Official Report, column 817, on the issue of Tibet.
	Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials raised their concerns over self-immolations with the Chinese embassy on 12 April 2013. The annual FCO Human Rights Report, published on Monday 15 April, outlines our concerns regarding the situation in Tibet.
	We receive regular reports on the situation in Tibet from non-governmental organisations. We are concerned about reports referring to the criminalisation of self-immolations and we are seeking further information about this issue.
	We will continue to raise our concerns with the Chinese authorities, including at the next UK-China Human Rights Dialogue.

High Speed 2 Railway Line

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the most recent research commissioned by his Department into the value of time used for transport appraisals and High Speed 2 (HS2) business time savings; which research body produced that research and under what remit; and whether he proposes that the findings of that research will be incorporated into the assessment of HS2 to be deposited with the hybrid bill.

Simon Burns: The Department has commissioned the Institute for Transport Studies, Leeds and its associated subcontractors to undertake research into the business value of time used for transport appraisals. The remit of this research project is to investigate the feasibility of different approaches to valuing business travel time savings.
	The Department plans to publish the output of this research and where relevant the findings will be incorporated into the next iteration of the HS2 Economic Case.

Motorcycles

Steven Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of roadworthiness problems to motorcycle accidents.

Stephen Hammond: While no specific assessment has been made 1% of all motorcycles involved in accidents in GB in 2011 had at least one vehicle defect recorded as a contributory factor.

Railways

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the devolution of responsibility for regional rail services; and if he will make a statement.

Simon Burns: The Government remains committed to seeking to implement an appropriate form of rail decentralisation in those parts of England where it is sensible to do so. The Department for Transport is continuing informal discussions with those bodies who submitted expressions of interest in response to the consultation carried out on rail decentralisation in 2012.

Railways: Greater London

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on devolution of the remaining former Network South East rail services to Transport for London.

Simon Burns: The Government is currently in discussion with the Mayor of London and Transport for London regarding the Mayor's proposals to take over responsibility for the inner suburban parts of the Southeastern and Greater Anglia (West Anglia) franchises. A decision on whether to proceed with further devolution is expected later in the spring.

Staff

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many days of work were carried out by officials in his Department on average in each of the last five years; and what the total salary cost was of officials in each year.

Stephen Crabb: The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right. Our permanent staff are employees of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), with other staff members on loan from the Welsh Government or other Government Departments.
	The Wales Office became a separate Government Department on 1 April 2011. Prior to this it was part of the MOJ, and form part of the MOJ figures.
	The average total number of days that should be worked by each member of staff in the Wales Office is 225. This takes into account weekends, bank holidays and privilege days, and assumes 25 days of annual leave.
	We calculate the total number of days worked by Wales Office staff in 2011-12 as 14,490, and the total salary cost as £3,002,000.
	Data for 2012-13 are not yet available. Information on staff numbers and costs will be published in the 2012-13 Wales Office Annual Report. Copies of the report will be laid in the Library of the House when published.

Devolution

Ian Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland from which sources the Government is taking evidence to inform its view on the best (a) fiscal and (b) other economic options for Scotland; when he intends that this evidence will be placed in the public domain; and when he intends to publish the (i) fiscal and (ii) other economic parts of the Scotland Analysis series.

Michael Moore: The Scotland Office, HM Treasury and several other UK Government Departments are drawing on a variety of sources and consulting expert stakeholders as part of the Scotland analysis programme. Papers in the Scotland analysis series will be published throughout 2013 and 2014.

Public Expenditure

Ian Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of (a) the criteria by which the future financial settlement and constitutional arrangements for Scotland should be determined and (b) the desirability or otherwise of replacing the funding arrangement determined by the Barnett Formula by a needs-based allocation of government finances.

David Mundell: The Government is committed to devolving powers to the most appropriate level within a strong United Kingdom. The Scotland Act 2012 delivers the greatest transfer of financial powers from Westminster to Holyrood in 300 years. The Act delivers the recommendations of the Caiman Commission which were based on evidence and consensus. Implementation of the Act will continue to 2016 when the new Scottish rate of income tax is introduced. The Government will report annually on the implementation of the Act.
	The Government's position on the Barnett Formula is clear: at this time the priority must be to reduce the deficit and any change to the current system of funding must await the stabilisation of the public finances.

Transport

Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to improve transport links between Scotland, Northern Ireland and England.

David Mundell: Scotland Office Ministers are in close and regular contact with the Department for Transport regarding those transport routes for which the UK Government has responsibility.

Short Money

Jim Shannon: To ask the Prime Minister if he will cease the provision of short money to hon. Members and members of the House of Lords who refuse to take their seats.

Andrew Lansley: I have been asked to reply.
	“Short money” as provided for Opposition parties in the House of Commons under the terms of the resolution of the House first introduced in 1975, is not available to parties whose Members have not taken the Oath. “Representative money” as provided for under the terms of the House resolution of 8 February 2006 is provided. Such provision is a matter for the House itself to determine. The payment of allowances to Peers is a matter for the House of Lords.

Phenylbutazone

Mary Creagh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the names and addresses of each of the owners of the 12 phenylbutazone contaminated horses believed to have entered the human food chain since 1 January 2012.

David Heath: The information requested has been withheld under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act as the information constitutes personal data relating to third parties which they would not expect to be made public.
	Disclosure of this information is also likely to breach the first data protection principle in schedule 1 to the Data Protection Act, which relates to the fair and lawful processing of personal data.
	Summaries of the outcomes of follow-up inspections into non-compliant results under the UK's statutory residues surveillance programme, operated under Council Directive 96/23/EC, are published in papers considered by the independent Veterinary Residues Committee (VRC). These can be seen at:
	http://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/vrc/reports/surveillance.html
	These are available in the Library of the House, as mentioned in the answer I gave on 18 March 2013, Official Report, column 530W.
	These inspections revealed a number of different reasons for the presence of phenylbutazone in the carcases, including lack of awareness of the rules by some owners, not being able to trace ownership sufficiently far back to establish who may have administered phenylbutazone and veterinary error in not signing the horse out of the food chain after administration. There have also been cases where the non-compliance has arisen through that horse having unintended access to feed containing phenylbutazone prescribed for another horse. Inspections have not revealed deliberate or sufficiently serious shortcomings to consider prosecutions. Those interviewed have been reminded of the rules that require horses treated with phenylbutazone to be signed out of the food chain.
	The chief veterinary officer and the Food Standards Agency CEO wrote a joint letter to the Veterinary Record reminding veterinarians of their responsibilities in this area, which can be viewed at:
	www.rcvs.org.uk/document-library/letter-from-defra-and-fsa-ref-horse-passports
	and has been placed in the Library of the House.
	Summaries of the results of follow-up inspections of non-compliant results from the Food Standards Agency's 100% testing programme, introduced from 30 January 2013, will also be considered by the VRC and published. Information from these inspections added to previous ones will provide more evidence on the most common reasons for these horses being presented for human consumption which can help target information campaigns to owners and their veterinarians.

Timber: EU Law

Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he has taken to make UK companies aware of the implementation of the EU Illegal Timber (Due Diligence) Regulation.

Richard Benyon: DEFRA officials have engaged closely with UK companies and trade organisations throughout the development of the EU timber regulation and its implementation in the UK, raising awareness through regular stakeholder meetings and consultation. The National Measurement Office is responsible for enforcing the EU timber regulation in the UK and a key part of its remit is to raise awareness among the industry. To date the National Measurement Office has:
	Set up a website and provided updates to the 2,700 individuals and companies that have signed up to its mailing list;
	Worked with journalists to ensure the right message is put out in key trade publications;
	Established and maintained regular contact with trade and business associations;
	Organised, attended and presented at sector-specific seminars;
	Attended trade shows and numerous meetings with individual companies and wider working groups;
	Answered phone and e-mail enquiries from hundreds of individuals, companies and organisations.
	Stakeholder engagement and awareness raising activities are a priority for the National Measurement Office over the next 12 months. It will be exploring all possible avenues for making UK industry aware of the EU timber regulation, and supporting UK companies in meeting their obligations.

Syria

Rushanara Ali: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if her Department will take steps to address lack of access to medicines, vaccines and other aspects of healthcare in the south-western parts of Aleppo City in Syria.

Justine Greening: The UK continues to support the provision of medical services and supplies inside Syria, including contested and opposition-held areas, although due to the nature of the security situation we are unable to name our partners or the geographical area in which they work. Our funding has provided over 147,000 medical consultations. We will continue to monitor the need for greater access to medicines, vaccines and other health care supplies in Aleppo.

Computers

John Redwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) desktop computers, (b) laptop computers and (c) tablet devices his Department has purchased in the last two years.

Sajid Javid: HM Treasury receives their IT services under a contract signed in 2009. The contract is for five years duration and provides a fully managed shared ICT service, called off from the “Public Sector Flex” framework agreement.
	The managed service includes the provision and maintenance of desktop computers and laptop computers necessary for the Flex service. In addition the Department has purchased seven specialist desktop computers.
	Staff can be provided with a tablet device when there is an appropriate business need. The Department has purchased two tablet devices for departmental use.

Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks

Dan Rogerson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2013, Official Report, column 100W, on excise duties: alcoholic drinks, 
	(1)  if he will provide a breakdown of the types of alcohol duty repaid under the drawback duty regime in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011; and what estimate his Department has made of the level of drawback duty regime fraud in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2011;
	(2)  what methodology his Department uses to estimate the level of drawback duty regime fraud.

Sajid Javid: The drawback paid by alcohol tax type for the requested periods is as follows:
	
		
			  £ million 
			 2008-09  
			 Beer 54.6 
			 Wine/cider 13.8 
			 Spirit 5 
			   
			 2009-10  
			 Beer 57.6 
			 Wine/cider 23.9 
			 Spirit 3.2 
			   
			 2010-11  
			 Beer 56.7 
			 Wine/cider 48.5 
			 Spirit 5.1 
			   
			 2011-12  
			 Beer 49 
			 Wine/cider 40 
			 Spirit 4.2 
		
	
	The most recent estimate of the level of drawback-related fraud available is 2009. In 2009 HMRC estimated the level to be approximately £25 million per annum. HMRC have a number of policies, and undertake enforcement and compliance activity, to tackle drawback-related fraud.
	The methodology for estimating the level of drawback related fraud was published in HMRC's Impact Assessment on “withdrawing warehousing for export for claimants of drawback” dated 22 April 2009 published alongside the Budget that year. It is available at:
	http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2009/110

Inheritance Tax

Pamela Nash: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised from inheritance tax in (a) each Government office region, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last 30 financial years.

David Gauke: The number of estates paying inheritance tax left on death in 2009-10 by Government Office Region (GOR) is published in National Statistics Table 12.10, available from the HMRC website at:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/inheritance/table12-10.pdf
	For the 2008-09 'year of death', the numbers are given in the following table:
	
		
			 Area codes Region IHT (£ million) 
			 UKC North East (England) 43 
			 UKD North West (England) 141 
			 UKE Yorkshire and The Humber 105 
			 UKF East Midlands (England) 126 
			 UKG West Midlands (England) 123 
			 UKH East of England 210 
			 UKI London 501 
			 UKJ South East (England) 558 
			 UKK South West (England) 283 
			 UKL Wales 53 
			 UKM Scotland 231 
			 UKN Northern Ireland 42 
			  United Kingdom 2,416 
		
	
	This information is not available by region (GOR) for earlier years.
	Data for future years will be published to the publication schedule which is available from the HMRC website at
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/updates/annual-plan.pdf
	For Scotland, receipts of inheritance tax since 1998 are published in the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland publications and are available on the Scottish Government's website:
	http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/GERS/Publications
	For Northern Ireland, the data is also published in its Net Fiscal Balance Report, available at :
	http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/northern-ireland-net-fiscal-balance-report-09-10-10-11.pdf
	This holds IHT receipts data going back to 2002/03 (table 4.3).
	Note that in both the Scottish and NI publications the year refers to the year of receipt rather than the year of death. This means that the data will not match that from table 12.10 in the National Statistics. For years prior to those appearing in these reports the published receipts, net of repayments are as follows:
	
		
			 £ million 
			  Receipts 
			  Scotland Northern Ireland 
			 1997-98 137 29 
			 1998-99 153 28 
			 1999-2000 158 30 
			 2000-01 149 37 
			 2001-02 169 28 
			 2002-03 142 31 
		
	
	
		
			 2003-04 155 26 
			 2004-05 164 28 
			 2005-06 198 33 
			 2006-07 224 29 
			 2007-08 265 51 
			 2008-09 173 43 
			 2009-10 144 32 
			 2010-11 159 39 
		
	
	Separate data for England and Wales and information for earlier years is not available.

Revenue and Customs

John Woodcock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were in the HM Revenue and Customs national minimum wage team monitoring the North West in each of the last five years.

David Gauke: The following table contains the number of staff based in the north-west at the end of March for each year requested:
	
		
			 Financial year Number of staff 
			 2008/09 16 
			 2009/10 14 
			 2010/11 14 
			 2011/12 14 
			 2012/13 15

Tax Allowances

Andrea Leadsom: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to provide support for families through the tax system.

Sajid Javid: This Government has increased the income tax personal allowance to £10,000, helping 25 million people, and by April 2014 will have taken a total of 2.7 million low-paid individuals out of tax altogether.
	The Government has cut fuel duty. It now costs £7 less for a typical motorist to fill their tank, and it will cost £10 less by the end of the Parliament. The Government has also made funding available to help local authorities in England freeze their council tax for a third year in a row.
	Additionally, at Budget 2013 the Government announced a new tax-free child care scheme to support working families. The new scheme will be phased in from autumn 2015, providing 20% of working families' child care costs, up to £1,200 per child each year. In the first year the scheme will be available to children under five, but will build up over time to include children under 12.

Tonnage Tax

John McDonnell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials in (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) its predecessor departments worked on administration of the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2000-01.

Sajid Javid: In 2012-13 we estimate that HMRC had 5.5 staff units employed on tonnage tax administration. We do not hold this information for earlier years.

Armed Forces: Recruitment

Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many visits the armed forces made to (a) state secondary schools, (b) independent schools and (c) colleges in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) England and (iv) Northern Ireland in 2011-12.

Mark Francois: This information is not held in the format requested. A breakdown of visits by geographical area is being compiled, but will take some time. I will write to the hon. Member once the information has been collated.
	Substantive answer from Mark Francois to Cathy Jamieson:
	Further to my response to your Parliamentary Question of 7 March (Official Report, column 1127W) I promised to write to you with further details to your question about the breakdown, by UK Country, of the number of Armed Forces visits to schools and colleges in 2011-12. It is not possible to break this down by type of teaching establishment, but the number of visits have been broken down by Service and UK Country is detailed in the following table:
	
		
			 Country Number of visits by the Royal Navy Number of visits by the Army Number of visits by the Royal Air Force 
			 Scotland 304 491 416 
			 Wales 146 476 91 
			 England 1,821 4,534 2,094 
			 Northern Ireland 188 153 110 
		
	
	These visits can comprise presentations, citizenship talks, meetings with staff, participation in career events, practice interviews and activities with the students. Activities with students can comprise science and maths challenges, and other indoor or outdoor exercises.
	The Armed Forces do not visit schools for recruitment purposes and would only ever visit a school after being invited by a teacher to support school activities. Similar contributions to schools are made by the Police, Fire, Ambulance and other emergency Services. The Armed Forces get numerous requests from schools each year and the three Services take these opportunities to explain to children their role to protect the nation and pass on valuable skills such as leadership, teamwork and citizenship.

Armed Forces: Sexual Harassment

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to address the findings of assessments of experiences of equality and diversity conducted in 3 Division in 2012 with respect to sexual harassment; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Francois: The British Army is committed to being fair and free from harassment, with a culture that supports diversity, where commanders at every level lead by example, and where all personnel feel valued and able to realise their full potential.
	The Army are making tangible progress in delivering a more inclusive environment through a programme of initiatives that reflect best practice gleaned from the public and private sector. These include:
	Improved interactive, scenario-based training, delivered by professional experts from outside the Army who are prepared to challenge their attitudes and perception. The training was doubled in 2012, and the Army are doubling this training again this year.
	The introduction of a confidential Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination helpline in 2011, which enables our people to raise any concerns about their treatment directly with a dedicated team outside the chain of command.
	Increased use of mediation to tackle and resolve concerns as early as possible.
	The expansion of employee support networks.
	Improved leadership and engagement from commanding officers based on greater understanding and awareness of their soldiers' perceptions.
	This approach is kept under constant review and is informed by feedback from a wide range of sources, both internal and external, including representations from the chain of command.
	All commanding officers are also made fully aware of their responsibility to protect others from the differing forms of harassment, physical and mental intimidation and discrimination.
	All those who are found to fall short of the Army's high standards or who are found to have committed an offence under the armed forces Act are dealt with administratively (up to and including dismissal) or through the disciplinary process, as applicable.